With the sad news that the footballing world has lost its greatest ever icon, we look back at the year Pele graced the pitch at Goodison Park.
Of course, most will remember 1966 as the year that England lifted the Jules Rimet trophy as World Cup Champions after their spectacular final against West Germany. But it's also the year that reigning champions, Brazil, crashed out of the competition after two disastrous games at Goodison.
The undoubted star of the Brazil squad was of course, Pele. Aged 25, the footballing legend was at the peak of his powers and was the focus of the world press' attention as he arrived at Liverpool Airport with suitcases in hand and a police escort to the team hotel in the village of Lymm in Warrington.
